Baby-tender.



No. 665,528. Patented Jan. 8. l90l.

/ J. C. HUBBARD.

BABY TENDER.

(Applicbtion filed. Dec. 12, 1899.)

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I %7ieewsan a I I Patented Ian. 3, l90l. J. c. HUBBARD.

B A B Y T E N D E B (Application filed Dec. 12, 1899.

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JOY G. HUBBARD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BABY-TEN DER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,528, dated January8, 1901.

Application filed December 12, 1899. Serial No. 740,062; (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOY C. HUBBARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaby-Tenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invent-ion, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to what are generally termed baby-tenders, whichare, as is well known, in the nature of light frames adapted to run overthe floor and to support a child with its feet touching the ground, soas to push or propel the device.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of theso-called baby-tenders,and is particularly directed to the means forsupporting the seat.

To the above ends my invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in theclaims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein likecharacters i11- dicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the complete device; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 99 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section taken on the irregularline 00 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section taken onthe line 00 0? of Fig. 1. and Fig. 6 is a detail taken on the line 00 00of Fig. 1.

The frame of the device is made up of a pair of annular sections orrings 1 and 2, connected by inclined rods or posts 3, which support thesmaller member 2 of the two rings a considerable distance above thelarger and lower member 1. The lower ring 1 is provided with a pluralityof casters 4, adapted to run upon the floor. The upper ring or section 2is, as is usual, shown as provided with a flanged shelf 6. Preferablythe ring 2 is also provided with a segmental and verticallyextended backflange or extension 7, which gives a better support for the childs back.

The seat or saddle 8 is supported at its narrow front end or pommel byan elastic cord or connection 9, and at its rear end it is supported byanother elastic cord or connection 10. The cords 9 and 10 are passedthrough loops 11 and 12, respectively, formed on the front and rearportions of the saddle or seat 8. There is but one loop 11, while thereare two of the loops 12. The cord 9 is passed through guide-eyes 13,secured to the bottom and forward portion of the ring 2, and it isprovided at its ends with eyes 14, that are detachabl-y secured to hooks15, secured in the sides of said ring 2.

The cord 10 is rigidly secured by cement, glue, or otherwise at its ends16, within suitable seats formed in the rear portion of the ring 2,while at its intermediate portion it is passed through the loop 17 of anadjustingstrap 18. The adj usting-strap 18 is provided with a series ofperforations 19, adapting it to be adjustably secured to ahook 20, whichis screwed into the rear portion of the ring 2, as best shown in Fig. 6.By means of this adj usting-strap 18 the seat or saddle maybe verticallyadjusted and may be given either an upward or a downward pitch orincline, as may be desired.

The elastic cords support the seat yieldingly, and cannot entangle withthe clothes of the child, and, furthermore, they afford an extremelycheap and efficient construction for supporting the saddle.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. In a baby-tender, the combination with the framework made up of therings 1 and 2 and inclined rods 3, of the saddle 8, having the loops 11and 12, the elastic cord 9 extended through said loop 11 and supportingthe pommel end of the saddle from said ring 2, the adj Listing-strap 1718 19, the flexible cord 10 passed through the saddle-loops 12 andthrough the loop 1.7 of said adjusting-strap with its end secured tosaid ring 2, and the hook 20 secured to the rear portion of said ring 2and cooperating with the said adjusting-strap, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a baby-tender, the combination with the framework made up of therings 1 and 2 and inclined rods 3, of the guide-eyes 13 and hooks 15 and20, secured to said ring 2, the saddle 8 provided with the loops 11 and12, the flexible cord 9 passed through said saddle-loop 11 andguide-eyes 13 and provided at its ends with eyes 14 engaging the hooks15, the adjusting-strap 18 provided with the loop 17 and withperforations 19 through which the said hook 520 is engageable, and theelastic cord 10 passed through the loop 17 of said adjusting-strap 18,through the saddleloops l2 and secured at its ends to the said rings 2,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOY O. HUBBARD.

Witnesses:

MABEL M. MCGRARY, F. D. MERCHANT.

